Less Informed Minds
Last year, the Council of Europe put forth a motion for a recommendation extolling the "dangers of creationism in education." Essentially, it asserts that creationism and intelligent design are garbage, are not recognized as science, and have no place in modern education systems. My favorite section is item 4, regarding attempts by creationists to discredit evolution and promote their own stupidity:
4. Such an approach has no credibility among the scientific community but has succeeded in raising doubts in less informed minds, including persons with high political responsibilities, mainly in the USA but also in Europe. Some schools are now forced to teach creationism. The middle path of providing equal time for both merely offers a middle way between truth and falsehood.I suppose "less informed mind" is the PC term for moron now. But the meaning behind it is clear. American politicians who subscribe to creationist idiocy are looked upon as the idiots they are by thinking members of the Council of Europe. And so should they be. I found this via PZ Myers. Item 4 gave me a good chuckle, but the whole thing made my day. With all of the stupidity in the media lately, it's nice to see something that makes sense.